Students, teachers trained in energy generation

(MissionNewswire) A renewable energy project in Salesian vocational centers within the Blessed Ceferino Namuncurá Province of Argentina South has successfully completed with a focus on the implementation of wind energy. The overall objective was to facilitate education and develop installation teams to replace the energy forms used in 23 Salesian vocational training centers.

To achieve this goal, wind energy measurement and generation laboratories were installed for teaching in participating centers. During this project, 55 teachers and 689 students were trained in energy generation and equipment maintenance. The solar and wind energy laboratories in 18 centers were upgraded. In addition, advice was provided for the design and implementation of seven pilot projects for alternative energy generation by students and institutions.

One pilot project was the Salesian León XIII House in the Palermo district of Buenos Aires. The project consisted of installing solar panels and a reverse osmosis system to provide light and water to school 1022 in the rural area of Navicha, in Santiago del Estero. The project went beyond the technical aspect, and deepened the mission that the Salesians are carrying out in that rural area.

A Salesian noted, “In Navicha, when renewable energy arrived, it wasn’t just light that arrived. It was also the conviction that together we can transform reality and that true learning is that which leaves a mark on people’s lives and hearts.”

The project was financed by German donors through Don Bosco Bonn, the Salesian Mission Office in Bonn, Germany. This is the second training project of this kind. The first was focused on solar energy.

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